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EFFector Vol. 14, No. 3 Feb. 16, 2001 editor@eff.org
A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation ISSN 1062-9424
IN THE 163nd ISSUE OF EFFECTOR (now with over 26,400 subscribers!):
* BayFF Meeting Examines the Future of Informediaries, Next Month
* EFF Job Opening: Membership Coordinator
* EFF Announces "Brown Bag Lunch" Speakers Bureau<
* Administrivia
For more information on EFF activities & alerts: http://www.eff.org
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BayFF Meeting Examines the Future of Informediaries, Next Month
Media Advisory
Mar. 19, 2001 BayFF on Infomediaries
Come Check It Out
Join EFF in a discussion about the future of recent products and services
that aim to protect your privacy for you.
The newest copy of this announcement is available at:
http://www.eff.org/bayff/20010319_bayff_announce.html
WHO: Electronic Frontier Foundation, & guest speakers (TBA).
Music by UKUSA
WHAT: "BayFF" Panel Discussion: "Infomediaries: Protectors of Your
Personal Information Online, or Evolutionary Dead Ends?"
WHEN: Monday, Mar. 19, 2001, 7PM PT
WHERE: Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
UC-Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall), Rm. 110
Berkeley, CA 94720-7200
(510) 642-8073 or (415) 436-9333 x101
This event is free and open to the general public. Food and beverages
will be served.
More event details, including speakers, forthcoming.
BayFF is first and foremost a real-space event, meant to serve as an
educational forum for the local community, as well as a catalyst for
like-minded activists. Locals, please show your support in person!
BayFF fans and followers that are scattered across the country and
around the world can access this month's BayFF WebCast at:
http://www.eclipsnow.com
February's BayFF will be Webcast by Eclipsnow! which has kindly
donated its services to EFF. Eclipsnow! has been Webcasting corporate
events, public affairs music and entertainment since 1996. It requires
Windows Media Player as far as we know (though RealPlayer 8 might also
work.)
For directions to the event, you can use free services like
http://www.mapquest.com or http://maps.yahoo.com to generate driving
directions or maps. For CalTrain and Muni directions, please call
their information lines.
You can subscribe to receive future BayFF annoucements. To subscribe,
email majordomo@eff.org and put this in the text (not the subject
line): subscribe bayff.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil liberties
organization working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded
in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and
government to support free expression, privacy, and openness in the
information society. EFF is a member-supported organization and
maintains one of the most-linked-to Web sites in the world:
http://www.eff.org
Continuing over 10 years of defending civil liberties online, EFF
presents a series of regular meetings to address important issues
where technology and policy collide. These meetings, entitled "BayFF"
Bay-area Friends of Freedom), kicked off on July 10, 2000, and will
continue on a monthly basis.
For more information, see:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation:
http://www.eff.org
BayFF Meetings Info Page:
http://www.eff.org/bayff
Contact:
Katina Bishop
Director of Education & Offline Activism
Electronic Frontier Foundation
+1 415 436 9333 x101
katina@eff.org
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EFF Job Opening: Membership Coordinator
The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( http://www.eff.org ), in San
Francisco, is looking for a creative, high energy, full-time
membership coordinator to maintain and increase our membership. If
you're interested in working with a nonprofit doing cutting edge work
on issues where technology and civil liberties collide, this is a
great place to be.
The position has room for creativity and growth while working with
EFF's dynamic 15-member staff. The job requires attention to detail,
and includes tracking and acknowledging membership donations (database
training available), handling membership renewals and special appeals,
responding to membership queries, and identifying, organizing and
staffing information booths at relevant public forums. She/he will
work directly with EFF's Development Director. Experience a plus, but
not required.
Competitive benefits, pay commensurate with experience. EFF is an equal
opportunity employer, and encourages women and people of color to apply.
Email r?sum? with cover letter to: membersearch@eff.org by Mar. 1
(preferrably sooner).
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EFF Announces "Brown Bag Lunch" Speakers Bureau
Tired of the Same Old Lunch?-- Try EFF's "Brown Bag" and Hear About the
Hottest Issues in Cyberspace
Are you tired of the same old boring lunch each day? Do you think
people at your company could use a little encouragement to do the
right thing when it comes to protecting free speech and privacy
rights? If you're located in the San Francisco Bay Area, have we got a
deal for you!
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announces a new "brown bag"
lunch program, where EFF staff members will come to your place of
business and talk to you about the hottest issues in cyberspace. We
can update you on the work we are currently doing and/or tailor the
talk to emphasize the issues that are specific to you.
If you'd like to take advantage of our free speaker's bureau, find out
how to schedule these lunches from the appropriate people at your
company and then send an email to jmantell@eff.org to get on our
calendar. We look forward to talking with you!
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Administrivia
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